Buy or wait? Buy: today's low is at its 18-day bottom (-4% vs the average daily low).
Market read
Of 24 Buy It Now listings, 18 used (from $151), 6 new (from $265). The cheapest used copy is 43% below the cheapest new one. 54% ship free; the rest add $5.80 shipping at the median. The middle half of asking prices runs $176 to $265, so anything under $176 is in the cheapest quarter. Lowest we have recorded since 2026-10-19: $150 on 2026-11-01; today's cheapest is 1% above that.
Asking prices of US eBay listings including shipping, as of 2026-11-05 (checked twice a day); we earn a commission on purchases through these links; parts, broken units and accessories are filtered out. How we price.
Cheapest Intel Core i5-12600K listings right now
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Intel® Core™ i5-12600K 10-Core 2.80 GHz CPU Buy It Now offers | Used | $151 sale: was $150, −7% · $15.15/core | View on eBay |
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Intel Core i5-12600K 10-Core 3.70GHz LGA 1700 CPU Processor SRL4T Buy It Now offers | Used | $160 · $16.05/core | View on eBay |
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I5 12600k Buy It Now offers | Used | $166 · $16.57/core | View on eBay |
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Intel® Core™ i5-12600K 10-Core 2.80 GHz CPU Buy It Now offers | Used | $166 · $16.58/core | View on eBay |
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Intel Core i5-12600K Desktop Processor 10 (6P+4E) Cores up to 4.9 GHz Alder Lake Buy It Now offers | Used | $169 · $16.90/core free ship | View on eBay |
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Intel Core i5-12600K 3.70GHz 10 Core SRL4T 16 Thread LGA 1700 Buy It Now | Used | $175 · $17.50/core free ship | View on eBay |
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Intel Core i5-12600K Processor (4.9 GHz, 10 Cores, FCLGA1700) Box -... Buy It Now offers | Used | $176 · $17.59/core | View on eBay |
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Intel Core i5-12600k 10 Core BX8071512600K 12 Thread LGA 1700 Buy It Now | Open box | $180 · $18.00/core free ship | View on eBay |
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Intel Core i5-12600K Desktop Processor 10 (6P+4E) Cores up to 4.9 GHz Alder Lake Buy It Now | Used | $185 · $18.49/core free ship | View on eBay |
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Intel Core I5-12600K SRL4T Buy It Now | Used | $186 · $18.57/core | View on eBay |
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Used Intel Core i5-12600K 10-Core 2.80 GHz CPU Buy It Now | Used | $188 · $18.80/core | View on eBay |
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Intel Core i5-12600K Processor (4.9 GHz, 10 Cores, FCLGA1700) Box -... Buy It Now | Open box | $190 · $19.00/core free ship | View on eBay |
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Intel Core i5-12600K CPU SRL4T 4.9GHz 10-Core LGA1700 Unlocked Desktop Processor Buy It Now | Used | $190 · $19.00/core free ship | View on eBay |
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Intel Core i5 12600K 3.7 GHz 10-core 16 threads 20 MB cache Used With Box Buy It Now offers | Used | $198 · $19.79/core free ship | View on eBay |
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Intel® Core™ i5-12600K Processor (2.8 GHz, up to 4.9 GHz w/Boost, 20 MB cache, 1 Buy It Now offers | Used | $205 · $20.53/core | View on eBay |
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Intel Core i5-12600K 10-Core 3.7GHz LGA 1700 CPU 20MB L3 SRL4T Buy It Now offers | Open box | $205 · $20.54/core | View on eBay |
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** Intel Core i5-12600K Processor - USED ** Buy It Now | Used | $210 · $21.00/core free ship | View on eBay |
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Intel Core i5-12600K Processor (12th Gen) 10-Core 4.9 GHz LGA1700 BX8071512600K Buy It Now offers | Open box | $230 · $23.00/core free ship | View on eBay |
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Intel Core i5-12600K Alder Lake 12th Gen Unlocked 125W LGA1700 Desktop Processor Buy It Now offers | New | $265 · $26.50/core free ship | View on eBay |
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Intel Core i5-12600K 12th Gen 10-Core 3.70GHz LGA1700 CPU BX8071512600K Buy It Now offers | New | $266 · $26.58/core | View on eBay |
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Intel Core i5-12600K Processor (12th Gen) 10-Core 4.9 GHz LGA1700 BX8071512600K Buy It Now | New | $270 · $27.00/core free ship | View on eBay |
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BRAND NEW Intel Core i5-12600K Processor (4.9 GHz, 10 Cores, FCLGA1700) Box -... Buy It Now offers | New | $285 · $28.47/core | View on eBay |
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Intel Core i5-12600K Desktop Processor with Integrated Graphics and 10 (6P+4E) C Buy It Now | New | $299 · $29.90/core free ship | View on eBay |
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Intel Core i5-12600K Desktop Processor with Integrated Graphics and 10 (6P+4E... Buy It Now | New | $402 · $40.19/core free ship | View on eBay |
Auctions ending soonest
Current bid + shipping. A bid is not a final price, so auctions are left out of the price stats above.
Buy It Now or bid? The cheapest Buy It Now is $151 delivered. No auction ends within 24h, so Buy It Now is the way to buy today.
| Listing | Ends in | Bid + ship | Likely final | Worth bidding | ||
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12Th Gen Intel Core i5-12600K 3.60GHz 10-Core LGA 1700 SRL4T 20MB CPU processor Auction | 2d · 1 bid | $106 +$0.00 in 115h | $109 ($106–$116) | up to $146 bid | Bid on eBay |
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Intel Core i5-12600K Desktop Processor w/ Integrated Graphics & 10 (6P+4E) Cores Auction | 5d · 5 bids | $88.70 +$76.65 in 30h | $107 ($97.57–$114) | up to $140 bid | Bid on eBay |
Recent auctions: last bid seen
The last bid we saw before each auction ended, shipping included. This is not a confirmed sale price: bids in the final minutes are missed, and an auction can end unsold or below a reserve.
| Ended | Last bid seen | Bids | Seen before end |
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| 2026-10-30 | $89.92 | 7 | 7h |
| 2026-10-30 | $133 | 22 | 6h |
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Where today's prices sit
26 live listings by price (item + shipping). The highlighted bar is the cheapest band.
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