Word on the grapevine is that Intel will roll out its Haswell Refresh processors at the start of June 2014, putting the chips in full view at the annual Computex trade show in Taiwan. The new parts, codenamed Devil's Canyon, will be clocked slightly higher than their current-generation equivalents, but the key ingredient for overclockers is the promise of an improved thermal interface material that should help eke out every last drop of performance.

Intel claims the chips are "re-engineered for enhanced performance and overclocking," but while we await the Haswell Refresh goodness, we have a new chipset to whet our appetite in the interim . It's dubbed Z97, and takes the place of outgoing Z87 as the go-to solution for enthusiasts building a high-performance Intel PC.

We've already spoken about some of the available enhancements - namely M.2 and SATA Express - now let's see how well MSI can put it all together in one of the company's launch-day boards, the Z97 Gaming 5.