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IBM 5160 Personal Computer

Name: IBM 5160 Personal Computer
Brand: IBM
SKU: 678081
Price: 500.00 USD
Availability: InStock

IBM Desktop Computer 5160

$500.00 ended ❌ Overpriced

Asking Price

Unsold 2026-05-22 West Bloomfield, Michigan, US

From listing #366383: Vintage IBM 5160 Personal Computer with Keyboard, IBM 5153 CGA Monitor

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Vintage IBM 5160 PC with original keyboard and IBM 5153 CGA monitor, sold as is, not tested due to lack of power cord.

Item Details

Brand: IBM

Item Type: Computer Desktop Computer

Computer Model: 5160 (1983-1987)

Platform: IBM PC, PC DOS 2.0-3.3 (IBM PC-XT), Windows 16-bit

Cosmetic condition: Good - Moderate wear, normal for age

Functional condition: Untested - Not tested, unknown condition

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Box

Manuals

Keyboard

Dust Cover

PSU

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Accessories

Software

IBM 5160 - Computer Market Overview

Based on 64 sold computers, one should expect to pay ~$194 for a working unit. However, this unit's condition (Good / Untested) brings its guide price to $199. 12 others are also listed for sale.
This item ($500) is 2.5x the guide price (~$199).

Price Position — Good / Untested (30 sales)

$25 Median $169 $850

This item: $500

Price by Condition Include for sale prices Show multipliers

	Refurbished	Fully Working	Partially Working	Powers On	Untested	Not Working	For Parts
New	—	~$1339 ×4.25 ~$1286~$973~$992	—	—	~$1071 ×3.4 $1995(1)$1280(2)$1047(2)	—	—
Mint	—	~$1102 ×3.5 ~$1059$430(3)$430(1)	~$825 ×2.62 ~$794~$601~$613	~$772 ×2.45 ~$741~$561~$572	~$882 ×2.8 $326(1)~$641~$654	—	—
Excellent	~$554 ×1.76 ~$533~$403~$411	$218 (1) ~$504 ×1.6 $218(1)$218(5)$180(5)	~$378 ×1.2 ~$363$110(1)~$280	~$353 ×1.12 $450(1)$450(1)$450(1)	$200 (1) ~$403 ×1.28 $195(2)$200(3)$164(2)	~$176 ×0.56 ~$169~$128~$131	~$126 ×0.4 ~$121~$92~$93
Good	~$346 ×1.1 ~$333~$252~$257	$315 (11) ~$315 ×1.0 $303(22)$229(114)$233(50)	$250 (1) ~$236 ×0.75 $153(6)$148(16)$170(9)	$170 (9) ~$220 ×0.7 $155(20)$167(72)$150(34)	THIS ITEM $169 (30) ~$252 ×0.8 $143(103)$150(214)$150(119)	$237 (2) ~$110 ×0.35 $150(3)$86(13)$86(11)	~$79 ×0.25 ~$76$60(1)~$58
Fair	—	$125 (1) ~$236 ×0.75 $288(2)$171(4)$225(4)	~$176 ×0.56 ~$170$166(2)$225(2)	$150 (1) ~$164 ×0.52 $225(2)$155(8)$167(9)	$87 (7) ~$189 ×0.6 $147(14)$130(37)$126(16)	~$82 ×0.26 ~$79$90(2)~$61	~$60 ×0.19 ~$57$249(1)~$44
Poor	—	~$173 ×0.55 ~$166~$126~$128	~$129 ×0.41 ~$125~$94~$96	~$123 ×0.39 $260(1)$260(3)$260(1)	~$139 ×0.44 $100(2)$115(6)$100(2)	~$60 ×0.19 ~$58$118(2)~$45	~$44 ×0.14 ~$42~$31~$32

$X (N) — Median sold price (N sales) ~$X — Guide price This item $X (N) — IBM PC (platform)$X (N) — PC DOS 2.0-3.3 (IBM PC-XT) (platform)$X (N) — Windows 16-bit (platform)

Guide prices based on 64 sales, Good/Fully Working baseline ~$315. Click a cell to browse matching listings.

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