Is this M.2 Sata SSD compatible with Gigabyte Z370M D3H?

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I recently found this M.2 SSD: WDS240G1G0B (M2-2280) which is cheaper than a normal 250 GB Samsung SSDs. I want to use this with the Gigabyte Z370M D3H motherboard but it has two M.2 slots and they seem to be slightly different from each other. Here's the description I get from Gigabyte's website:

1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 SATA and PCIe x4/x2 SSD support) (M2A_32G)

1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2242/2260/2280 PCIe x4/x2 SSD support) (M2Q_32G)

Is the M.2 SSD compatible with this motherboard and which slot should I use? It would be great if someone can teach me the differences between these two slots.

Thank you in advance.
 
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Thanks a lot. Could you tell me what M2A and M2Q mean? And one more thing, from the photos I see, the slots looks identical. How can I tell which one is which?
 
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Those just correspond to the label printed on the board next to the slots, exactly so you can tell which is which.

Once in awhile we see here someone who thinks the PCIe_x16_1, PCIe_x16_2 and PCIe_x16_3 printed on the board means PCIe version 1,2 and 3 for those slots, but it's really just a way to describe which slot is which in the manual.
 
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Thanks for following up with my question. That clarifies a lot.
 
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