Z170 PRO GAMING - compatie with m.2 ssd?

[md99]

Forgive my ignorance folks, my sata ssd has just died a slow death after a good 10 years or so of use. Wanted to get a new one here but suddenly I see ssd's that look like sticks of ram. New one to me. M.2 ssd I see they are called and faster than sata based models?

Anywho, I have an Asus Z170 PRO GAMING mainboard:

(12) M.2 Socket 3, PCIe x4 mode (Gen 3.0)

12 is an M.2 socket, so my question is can I just pick any M.2 ssd from OC's shelves and it'll work?

Thanks for your time

 

[md99]

Thanks fellas. I intend getting it because its a tidier option though from the bit of digging I've done it appears the mainboard does support nvme too, so I may as well get one?

It is however going to be just for general use/heavy gaming.