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GPU and M.2 SSD on Skylake?

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the z170 chip gives you x4 pcie lanee for m.2

the 16 cpu lanes are for expansion cards

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I am planning my next build atm and I want it to be a Skylake (still decinding if 6700K is worth it compared to 6600K) PC with a GTX1080 and a Samsung 950 Pro.

My question is: The M.2 slot uses 4 pcie 3.0 lanes, so are there then only 12 (effectively 8?) left for the GPU? I don't know if the 950 uses the available pcie lanes or the sata connection. Or maybe I am getting this all wrong entirely? I also don't know if the 1080 would be bottlenecked on an 8x connection.

 

Can someone please explain all of this to me? :/

 

Also, Kaby Lake is supposed to use the same Socket as Skylake, so will it be limited to 16x again? Or is it possible that it supprts more than that? If that is the case, it probably will not be compatible to Z170, I would have to get a Z270, right?

CPU: Intel i7-6700K @4.8Ghz - MB: ASUS ROG Maximus VIII Ranger - RAM: 2x8GB G.Skill RipJaws V DDR4@2400Mhz - GPU: EVGA FTW GeForce GTX1080 - SSD: Samsung 850 EVO 250GB - HDD: Seagate Desktop HDD 3TB, bunch of old WD 500GB drives, old WD green 1.5TB - Case: AeroCool Mechatron - PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 750 750W - Display: iijama ProLite B2712HDS 27" 1080p Display - Cooling: Enermax Liqmax II 240 - Keyboard: Corsair K70 Cherry-MX Brown - Mouse: Corsair M65 FPS Gunmetal Black - Sound: Logitech X230

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2 hours ago, Flesky015 said:

the z170 chip gives you x4 pcie lanee for m.2

the 16 cpu lanes are for expansion cards

So I did in fact get it all wrong haha, thank you for clarifiying this

CPU: Intel i7-6700K @4.8Ghz - MB: ASUS ROG Maximus VIII Ranger - RAM: 2x8GB G.Skill RipJaws V DDR4@2400Mhz - GPU: EVGA FTW GeForce GTX1080 - SSD: Samsung 850 EVO 250GB - HDD: Seagate Desktop HDD 3TB, bunch of old WD 500GB drives, old WD green 1.5TB - Case: AeroCool Mechatron - PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 750 750W - Display: iijama ProLite B2712HDS 27" 1080p Display - Cooling: Enermax Liqmax II 240 - Keyboard: Corsair K70 Cherry-MX Brown - Mouse: Corsair M65 FPS Gunmetal Black - Sound: Logitech X230

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