Question about adding PCI(e?) card for nvme m.2 support.

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Question. I have a mid atx case, therefore a limited pcie port quantity. I use the main one (usually top) for my gtx 1070Ti but want to get a pci(e?) Adapter to add an nvme card to my board but I think these adapter.cards require the same port my GPU is in and the other PCI slots aren't what I need (maybe too slow or.not powered) ? for the adapter card but am new to this whole adapter card thing.... Does anyone know what the other PCI slots capabilities would be and if enough power or speed for such an adapter card?

I have this board. Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H (rev. 2.0)

https://www.gigabyte.com/us/Motherboard/GA-B85M-DS3H-rev-20#support-dl-bios

Thank you!
 
Solution
Your other slots would being x1 at pcie2 speed would give you roughly the same speed as a fast sata ssd but the pcie ssd would not be bootable.