There are two things I love about Raspberry Pi tinkerers: they always push the limits of what their beloved SBC can do, and they always do so with style. It's not enough for them to make us wonder why they do what they do; they also need to do so with the coolest-looking enclosures we've ever seen.

Such is the case with this four-node Raspberry Pi cluster that comes with an integrated display and networking capabilities. And before you even ask why someone would bother, it's worth noting that it looks like something out of an 80s cyberpunk movie, which makes it all worthwhile, in my opinion.

This four-node Raspberry Pi cluster is the coolest server you'll see today

It may not be practical, but it looks the part

On the Raspberry Pi subreddit, Michael Klements showed off their new Pi-based project. The last time we caught up with him, he was strapping a cooling water block to a Pi, and now he's seeing how the SBCs would function as a four-node cluster:

The cluster has two Raspberry Pi 5s, two Raspberry Pi 4s, a dedicated network switch, a touchscreen monitoring display and a single power system. Each node is mounted on a removable sled so individual Pis can be upgraded or serviced without dismantling the enclosure.

The display runs a custom dashboard showing live system stats and the tinted acrylic panels keep the hardware visible while helping the build look a bit more polished than a usual stack of boards and cables.

Klements then rounded off the post, mulling over what he plans to do with all this hardware. He says that using it for Kubernetes is the obvious choice, but he wanted to hear from Reddit for some other ideas.

As you might imagine, commentators were less interested in telling him what to run on it and more in begging him to release all the files so they can make their own at home. Klements says he plans to launch it on Makerables because he used a CNC machine to make it, so we'll have to wait a little longer until we can build our own. In the meantime, you can watch Klement's video showing off the project.