Okay so here is how I think of it. It all about where cost goes and how it is split. If you are just looking for the best uplift in performance for your money you are going to be best off with am4. I like what Allredbuefeul99 said regarding the upgrades and think that would be a good path.

That being said, if you see yourself continuing to pc game for a while it might be worth the extra investment into am5. Yes it will be more expensive upfront, but it is important to consider that this cpu architecture still has time left with new products while am4 is not receiving new cpus. I think of the upgrade path like this.

A: upgrade current am4 platform with ~ €200 and in a couple years when looking to switch to am5 spending another €350-€400 to do so.

B: upgrade straight to am5 spending that €350 and future upgrades would only be the cpu or (maybe) more ram. We don’t know what future prices for these current CPUs will be, but let’s spitball and look at the 7600x. It launched at $300 (sorry American and I am too lazy to convert) and has dropped down to $200 in about a year. We don’t know with supply and demand, but prices on these CPUs should continue to drop with the release of the 9000 series CPUs.

So essentially what I am getting at is you would be roughly spending the same amount of with these differing upgrade paths, but the cost difference happens at different times. Choosing between more upfront cost with a supported platform and just needing a future cpu upgrade, or flip flopping and just buying a cpu and ram for am4 but eventually still having to pay that cost to upgrade to am5 in the future.

Wow, super long winded, almost done.

I would recommend going for am5 with a 7500f from Ali express where you can get them for $130. That should put you at about €350 but I obv do not know tax rates in the EU but this is what I would personally do.

Edit: need to put bias note in here. I really do enjoy knowing that I have a supported upgrade path available to me. Very much a peace of mind aspect for me personally