AMD top range zen 3 vs mid range zen 4

[Zarax]

I'm checking prices and the early adopter tax VS end gen discounts for Zen 3 and it looks like a 5950X with 64GB RAM could be obtained for the same price as a 7700x.
Aside from PCIe 5 would I loose anything relevant?

I intend to keep the PC for a long time (let's say 8 years) and the only things I intend to swap are GPU and SSD.

I'm also open to Intel but as 12th gen in EU is not getting significant discounts yet I'd like to wait. Please leave other components upgrades out of the discussion, I'm not going to touch the CPU and I'm loading more than enough ram for a decade (64GB).

Thank you very much!

 

[Zarax]

In my case it is building from scratch in both scenarios, I'd be upgrading from an i7-3770k

 

[Zarax]

However AM5 would give longer term upgrade routes including potential changes of the CPU if needed, at least for a couple of years anyway.

@Zarax I recently bought an AM4 5950x rig with 2x32gb 3600 ram etc rather than waiting and priced up the AM5 equivelent version if I'd waited, it came in (partly down to the lack of cheaper motherboards) at nearly £900 more for just the motherboard, cpu and ram....

Having said that I wouldn't see any pc bought now being kept for 8 years, I think we're now entering a period where we'll see progress again along with artificial restrictions being placed on things by manufacturers/software companies etc to 'force' upgrades... because lets be honest, even todays slowest pc's are more than enough for most people, especially if they don't game etc

I would have gladly upgraded already but it was always above what I was ready to pay and so are many other customers, one thing is manufacturer's wishes and another is reality.

Artificial restrictions will just make people cling harder on their older hardware, just see what happened with Windows XP and Windows 7 later, same thing will be with Windows 10.
Unless you're a professional, PCs are not primary goods and people will either wait or switch to consoles/game streaming.

So yes, I will very likely keep my current PC for 10 years and the next one for at least 8, remember that no matter what hardware sellers would like Windows will keep those machines compliant until 2030 at least.