M.2 and graphics card on a mini itx motherboard

[A__Potato]

I am thinking of getting a samsung 960 evo 250GB m.2 ssd and a gtx 1070 graphics card. I would have both on a Gigabyte Z170N gaming 5 mini itx motherboard.

I have read some things about not being able to have both on the same motherboard. I did not fully understand what they meant. Will the motherboard be able to support the m.2 and the graphics card?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Lutfij]

You can have both the GPU and the M.2 drive populated in their respective slots. The only downside will be that you're going to loose out on the 2 SATA ports that are located at the top side of the board, i.e

Those located beside the chipset heatsink or rather SATA ports 4 and 5.