I recently landed my first contract to produce CGI...

I recently landed my first contract to produce CGI visual effects for an actual budgeted and distributed Hollywood movie. This work doesn't make its way to Tucson often if ever, so it was important my career and Tucson in general, to get it right. I web-ordered a high end computer from a out of state and well known vendor that specializes in computers for this kind of work to handle the extreme workloads feature film production puts on machines. Anyway, the machine, which came weeks late, from the other "high-end" vendor blew a mother board after one crashing/freezing week of trouble. The shot were due in one week so there was no time to send it back and make my deadline. I called a big electronics in Phoenix and was put on hold...

Then, I called SWS in big hurry and they hustled for me immediately helping me think through all of my options. Computers of my specifications are not often available anywhere in Arizona and never on a moment's notice. Two employees from SWS, stood out and stood up to the plate, spending extra time and energy with me, even skipping lunch. The helped me buy and customize one of there Phoenix high-end systems that could handle the workload and deadline. These employees were Vlad Averkiev and Kristian Gonzalez, they knew every part, piece of what I need and they all worked together. Within a two hours I walked out the door with the fastest and most stable computers I have ever used for this work for small fortune less than the VFX specific machine manufacturer charge for the same hardware. This machine is still humming away crunching away at 8 gig VFX files, writing/reading TB sized simulations and rendering feature film quality 4k digital film frames day and night,with not one hiccup.

SWS literally saved the day for me. In fact, they helped this major production go out in time as they scheduled editing based on my deadline. I would recommend to any professional doing high end work in Arizona to visit with these guys before ordering something out of state or buying a slick fruit based system for a huge mark up. I have been passing on SWS, Vlad and Kristian s info to other production professionals and small business startups all week.