Wired2Fire Seraph Alder Lake Gaming PC Review

A lot of PC gamers will feverishly research components, prices, clock speeds, and other technical stuff. Well, that’s all mumbo jumbo to me, and I know I’m not alone in that. The Pentium III was the last piece of technology I was confident about my knowledge with. So when I got my last PC, I had it premade by a company specialising in just such a thing..

Wired2Fire is such a company, based in Surrey, that’s been around since 2004. It offers simple workstations all the way up to superpowered gaming rigs, and even specifically built computers for flight simulators. As you might expect from the title of this piece, the company offered to loan me a Seraph Alder Lake Gaming PC for the purposes of this review.

The computer weighs in at £1,647.00 (including VAT), and is what people class as a “mid-range” system. While that price can go up or down depending on how you customise it (Windows versions, case type, cooler…), here are the important parts:

• CPU: Intel Core i5-12600K 10-Core (16-Thread) Processor (up to 5.2GHz)
• Graphics: MSI NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti VENTUS 2X OC Graphics Card
• Memory: ADATA XPG 32GB DDR4 3200MHz Memory (2 x 16GB)
• Storage: Lexar 1TB NM610 M.2 NVMe SSD

There’s an MSI motherboard, an Arctic Freezer cooler, and a 700W power supply too, but as I said it’s all customisable when you place an order. The main selling points are the i5 Alder Lake CPU, and the RTX 3060 Ti graphics cards, because those are what I’m told make the videogames run. I’m kidding, I already knew that much about computers.

Wired2Fire sent the Seraph Alder Lake Gaming PC in a massive box with plenty of padding. There were some assorted screws and cables in a second box, but of course I didn’t require those for a loan. Still, they were nice to have, and the box also contained a remote control for the Kolink Observatory Lite Mesh RGB Case. I made the lights purple, in case you wondered.

Before setting up the PC, I had to remove some foam padding that was put inside the case to ensure the components didn’t get jostled during delivery. I thought that was a great touch, because who wants to reseat a graphics card in their brand new PC?

I had to go through setting up Windows 11 before I could do anything, and the product key was also in the second box in case I wanted to activate Windows. I’d never used Windows 11 before, so that was something new right off the bat, though admittedly I wasn’t always certain if some slowdowns that I experienced were because of the operating system or the computer itself.

Once I had some games installed, they all looked great, and performance was perfect. Every setting whacked on “Epic”, speedy load times, smooth framerates, the whole shebang. I tried out Carmageddon: Max Damage, Dead by Daylight, and Project Wingman, in case you wondered.

Without going into the technical stuff, which wouldn’t be fun for any of us, what Wired2Fire has put together is pretty great at this price point. I was told that they opted for DDR4 RAM instead of DDR5 because it was cheaper while still giving great performance. Similarly, the i5 and 3060 Ti weren’t top-of-the-range to help make the system affordable, while still giving 4K and VR capabilities with the performance of an Alder Lake chip.

While your price will depend upon which options you choose, Wired2Fire‘s Seraph Supercharged Gaming PC is a good starting point for a mid-range system. Just make sure to read the stickers telling you to remove the foam!