Admit it. You love underdog tales. The Cleveland Cavaliers coming back from a 3-1 deficit against the Golden State Warriors. The New York Giants defeating the 18-0 New England Patriots, and the Average Joes beating the heavily favored Purple Cobras in the dodgeball finals.

Well, you can now add AMD's highly anticipated Ryzen CPU to that list of epic comebacks in history. Yes, disbeliever, AMD's Ryzen almost?almost'lives up to the hype. What's more, it delivers the goods at an unbeatable price: $499 for the highest-end Ryzen 7 1800X. That's half the cost of its closest Intel competitor.