# First Impressions with the Raspberry Pi 5

DevFeed: [First Impressions with the Raspberry Pi 5](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/first-impressions-with-the-raspberry-pi-5-26639.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.alexellis.io/first-impressions-with-the-raspberry-pi-5/>)

Author: Alex Ellis

Published: 2023-09-28T10:55:07Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Alex Ellis' Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/alex-ellis-blog.md>)

Topics: [Raspberry Pi](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/raspberry-pi.md>), [Self-hosted](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/self-hosted.md>), [Kubernetes](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kubernetes.md>), [GitHub Actions](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github-actions.md>), [Firecracker](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/firecracker.md>)

Tags: [bare-metal](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bare-metal.md>), [benchmarking](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/benchmarking.md>), [raspberrypi](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/raspberrypi.md>), [servers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/servers.md>)

## AI overview

An early, server-focused first-impressions article on the Raspberry Pi 5. The author discusses its PCIe port and potential use for self-hosted servers, Kubernetes clusters, and isolated CI runners.

## Source excerpt

For someone who runs the Raspberry Pi as a server, build agent and for Kubernetes, how does the new version stack up? And should you upgrade?