I ordered a Pi 5 8GB and a PCIe To M.2 Adapter With PoE For Raspberry Pi 5 hat which came really quick in the post and they were really easy to set up and am currently building a mini rack with the intention of running Kubernetes on a Pi cluster and long story short i have a poe switch and am wondering what sort of power consumption i would be looking at with the Pi + Hat + M.2 nvme, would be nice to power a few of them from the switch to reduce cables in the rack and improve the cable management ability and airflow.
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At full wack, the Pi5 will draw 25.5W. Part of this will be to power the NVMe drive, the rest will be the Pi itself, the PoE hat will draw very little in the way of power and will only be as a result of conversion losses.
That’s unfortunate as the switch will only provide 60W across the ports so would only be able to supply power to 2 Pi5’s running at full capacity, I guess USB power it will be and just have to cable manage the hell out of it 
Thank you for you quick reply, as there is currently a limit on how many Pi’s can be bought at one time i have time to think about this more but will be ordering another 3 Pi5’s and Hats as able.
Hey @Andrew296365
Currently there is a limit on Raspberry Pi 5 Model B 16GB | Buy in Australia | CE10111 | Core Electronics but all other models there is no limits.
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That’s the one I want, they will be clustered for k8s and could maybe use 8GB Pi5 but wouldn’t want to find out down the track I’ve undershot the requirement’s lol
Hey @Andrew296365,
That’s fair enough. It sounds like the 16GB model would be better for you. We are not sure exactly how long these quantity limits will be in place, but it should only be a few weeks if you are happy to wait for these.
Otherwise, the 8GB model may get you moving!
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Happy to wait, good service and quick delivery, stick with core for the Pi’s and hats 
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