Intel Xeon E5630 Westmere or I7 950?

[modboxx]

My company accidently ordered a few more cpus and i can buy one of them for $200 i was wondering if i should get it or just pay an extra 100 for an i7 950

950 Pro's
stock at 3ghz

westmere pro's
32nm
12mb

Cooling is water (heatkiller). Whcih one would you get.

Edit...
System specs
Classified 3 with EK block
3x2 dominator gt 7-8-7 1866

[Kurumi]

I'd get the Xeon. Can't go wrong with 32nm goodness.

[zalbard]

Grab the Xeon while you still can!

[chinobino]

Get that cheap Xeon and overclock it!

On water you should get some nice results.

[bot@xs]

Xeon FTW

[Sam_oslo]

Forget the 950 anyways, it is dead (just like other 45nm).

You got a really good price on that E5630, but I believe a 2006K would beat it in several fronts, including 24/7 OC-headroom. But you have to pay slightly more + a new MB.
If you can, get 2 of them + a SR-2, then it will become another leve.

With that price, that E5630 is a really good option for single set-up too. Just make sure your Classified 3 can run it. I haven't seen any problems or success, and wouldn't know, but you have to check it out. You may also need a BIOS update (if you got a really old BIOS).