I am a bit confused, lets say i have two scenarios (Note, neither system will have a motherboard featuring PLX chips)
System 1) Z170 platform (i7 6700k) A GTX 1080, there is a Samsung 950 EVO M.2 SSD attached to the mobo, along with a PCIE SSD in a PCIE slot, an Intel 750 1.2TB SSD
System 2) X99 platform (i7 6950x) A GTX 1080, there is a Samsung 950 EVO in the M.2 port, and an Intel 750 PCIE 1.2TB SSD
1) I know that the M.2 SSD gets its lanes from the chipset, would the Intel 750 run in x8, and the GTX 1080 run in x8 on the Z170 platform due to the total of 16 pcie lanes from the CPU?
2) Would the GPU run at x16, and the pcie SSD run at x8 (max speed) on X99 due to the 40 pcie lanes provided by the CPU?
3) Would it be possible to run SLI GPUs on the Z170 platform if the PCIE SSD is in use?
4) Would it be viable to go with X99 if youd want to run a GPU at full speed, have a M.2 and PCIE SSD, with the ability to SLI (or XFire) in the future?
System 1) Z170 platform (i7 6700k) A GTX 1080, there is a Samsung 950 EVO M.2 SSD attached to the mobo, along with a PCIE SSD in a PCIE slot, an Intel 750 1.2TB SSD
System 2) X99 platform (i7 6950x) A GTX 1080, there is a Samsung 950 EVO in the M.2 port, and an Intel 750 PCIE 1.2TB SSD
1) I know that the M.2 SSD gets its lanes from the chipset, would the Intel 750 run in x8, and the GTX 1080 run in x8 on the Z170 platform due to the total of 16 pcie lanes from the CPU?
2) Would the GPU run at x16, and the pcie SSD run at x8 (max speed) on X99 due to the 40 pcie lanes provided by the CPU?
3) Would it be possible to run SLI GPUs on the Z170 platform if the PCIE SSD is in use?
4) Would it be viable to go with X99 if youd want to run a GPU at full speed, have a M.2 and PCIE SSD, with the ability to SLI (or XFire) in the future?