Intel Core i5-9600K — Price Guide & Live Deals
Live US Core i5-9600K deals on eBay across used, refurbished and new: what a fair asking price looks like and how to avoid 9600KF, 9600T and board combos.
Right now: Used prices easing (-26.2% / 90d), 8 current qualifying listings.
Current qualifying listings
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Intel Core i5-9600K 6-Core Processor , used working
$43.00 USD
+$5.63 shipping
★ 100% · 211 ratings
Listed today · checked 5h ago
Intel Core i5-9600K 3.70GHz 6 Core SRG11 6 Thread LGA 1151
$49.99 USD
Free shipping
★ 99.8% · 2,066 ratings
Listed today · checked 5h ago
Intel Core i5-9600K 6-Core 3.70GHz LGA 1151 CPU
$49.00 USD
★ 100% · 23 ratings
Listed today · checked 5h ago
Intel Core i5-9600K 3.70GHz 6-Core Desktop Processor CPU LGA1151 SRG11 Tested
$48.00 USD
Shipping calculated
★ 99.9% · 736 ratings
Listed yesterday · checked 5h ago
INTEL CORE I5-9600K @ 3.7GHz LGA 1151 PROCESSOR
$49.98 USD
Free shipping
★ 99.9% · 13,144 ratings
Listed 2 days ago · checked 5h ago
Intel Core I5-9600K 3.70GHz 6-Core Desktop CPU Processor LGA1151 CPU #2255
$44.00 USD
+$5.00 shipping
★ 99.7% · 43,357 ratings
Listed 2 days ago · checked 2 days ago
Intel Core i5-9600K 3.70GHz 6 Core SRG11 6 Thread LGA 1151
$64.99 USD
Free shipping
★ 99.6% · 3,425 ratings
Listed 2 days ago · checked 5h ago
Intel Core i5-9600K 6-Core 3.70GHz LGA1151 CPU Processor SRELU
$39.95 USD
Shipping calculated
★ 100% · 117 ratings
Listed 2 days ago · checked 2 days ago
Roughly one qualifying listing every 3 days.
Asking-price ranges by condition
| Condition | Min | 25% | Median | 75% | Max | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Used | $39.95 | $43.00 | $48.00 | $49.98 | $64.99 | 8 |
| RefurbishedLow sample size | $64.99 | $64.99 | $64.99 | $94.97 | $94.97 | 2 |
| NewLow sample size | $234.10 | $234.10 | $234.10 | $234.10 | $234.10 | 1 |
Asking prices of currently-active listings. Not sold-price data. Rows marked "low sample size" have fewer than 5 listings, so one outlier can move them a lot.
Full asking-price history by condition →
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How we filter
Every feed has its own filter, tuned by hand for this one part. Before any change goes live, those filters are tested against thousands of real eBay listing titles. Every night, each feed is checked against every other deal page in its category, so a listing for a different part that slips in gets flagged and fixed instead of quietly shown.
Of the 20 listings we observed for this game in the last 30 days, we filtered out 10 of 20 (~50%) for quality reasons. The remaining 10 are what we'd actually surface.
- 8 matched a bootleg / out-of-scope keyword
- 1 shipped from a region we exclude
- 1 priced above the curated ceiling
What the feed excludes
An eBay search for Intel Core i5-9600K returns far more than the part itself: laptop chips, mining rigs, coolers, empty boxes and whole PCs all mention it in their titles. These are the 52 terms we filter out to keep this feed to the real thing. A listing whose title contains any of them never reaches the feed, the price table or an alert. Many look unrelated to Intel Core i5-9600K because they are: that's the noise.
Other models & look-alikes 30
- -thermal paste
- -thermal pad
- -motherboard
- -mobo
- -combo
- -with ram
- -2pcs
- -3pcs
- -4pcs
- -5pcs
- -10pcs
- -read description
- -see description
- -9600kf
- -9600t
- -imac
- -gaming tower
- -logic board
- -01ag275
- -2pack
- -2 pack
- -11500
- -10505
- -stand
- -mug
- -kf
- -ddr4
- -ddr5
- -ram
- -ssd
Broken, untested & empty listings 4
- -as-is
- -untested
- -not tested
- -dead
Laptops & other form factors 6
- -workstation pc
- -laptop
- -notebook
- -gaming pc
- -tower pc
- -pc
Lots & multi-item listings 2
- -bundle
- -lot of
Accessories, merch & paper 10
- -bracket
- -cooler only
- -fan only
- -heatsink only
- -sticker
- -keychain
- -bent pin
- -bent pins
- -heatsink for
- -cooling fan
How often qualifying deals appear
- 10 in the last 7 days (~1.43/day)
- 10 in the last 30 days (~0.33/day)
- 10 in the last 90 days (~0.11/day)
Core i5-9600K: buyer & reseller spec sheet
Exact SKU identity. The 9600K is a 6-core, 6-thread unlocked desktop processor for the LGA1151 socket, with integrated graphics. Its name nests inside the 9600KF (no integrated graphics), and it sits next to the non-K 9600 and low-power 9600T, which are different purchases. This feed excludes those by title, but confirm the exact model on the chip's heat spreader in the photos, not only in the title. Used listings often quote an S-spec such as SRELU or SRG11, a handy cross-check.
Variants & value impact. Retail boxed (BX-prefixed) copies and loose pulled chips both show up. Loose chips usually come without a cooler or retail packaging, and the original box is one source of the asking-price spread. Open box listings are counted with New on this page, so read the description to see whether the chip was installed.
Listing traps. Motherboard-plus-CPU combos and prebuilt PCs or all-in-ones list under this CPU's name as the headline part, as do multi-model "compatible" listings that name the 9600K alongside siblings. They are excluded by title wording and the price ceiling. Coolers for LGA1151 sockets also carry the CPU name in some titles. The 9600K is not the same socket as the Core i5-10400, so confirm your motherboard's socket and BIOS support before buying.
Buying a used processor: what to check
These checks apply to every processor on our CPU pages. The item notes above cover what is specific to this model.
Used
- Ask for a clear, close photo of the pins or contact pads, wherever the socket keeps them. Bent pins are the most common failure.
- Confirm the model printed on the heat spreader matches the listing, and ask for a screenshot of the chip identified in the OS or BIOS.
- Ask whether it was overclocked or delidded. Neither is a dealbreaker, but both should be disclosed.
Refurbished
- Find out who tested it and what the return window is.
New
- Check whether it is a boxed retail chip or a tray chip. Tray chips usually ship without a cooler and with a different warranty.
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