The Intel Xeon E-2224 is perhaps the exact opposite of the innovative  . While the 8-core Xeon E-2288G offered something new that could go after adjacent server platform markets, the 4 core 4 thread Intel Xeon E-2224 offers a configuration we have seen for over a decade. Further, it is in legitimate danger of being marginalized by a CPU option, for the same socket, that costs half as much. In this review, we are going to pivot our series and focus on the lower-end part.