m.2 pcie lanes usage

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hi i have asus tuf z370 plus gaming motherboard, i have 2 ssd and 3 hdd as storage on sata, i am thinking of either adding two m.2 drives and replacing the hdds or adding the m.2 for extra storage, my question is would adding m.2 either 1 or 2 of them affect my gpu performance, i have found differing information on the web, my cpu is 8700k with 16 pcie lanes, do the m.2 use these lanes thanks.....
 
From page ix of the manual:

When a device is installed on the M.2_2 socket, SATA_5/6 ports cannot be
used.
And the remaining info is on page 1-18.

The x16 lane slot shouldn't be affected by anything else you do in the motherboard's native slots.
 
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