How well will CS5 work on my PC?

I'm looking to get CS5 Design Premium for my windows machine.
specs:
Windows 7 32bit
4Gig DDR3 RAM
Intel Core2 Duo 3.16 Wolfdale processor
Asus Motherboard with SLI compatibility
9800 GT 512meg processor
500gig HDD
Now, my question is, since I built this machine some 3 years ago, how well will CS5 work on it?  For gaming this machine still runs fine, but I've never done any real Graphic Design on it.
Am I looking at a dog that needs upgrading or will this machine still run the software without bogging down?
IF I need upgrades, what components should I upgrade?
thanks

Design Premium don't have memory-eaters like Premiere or After Effects, so your configuration will fit, even with this RAM. But since more and more adobe soft uses 64-bit, you should consider 64-bit windows.

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