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Budget Build Time, Good CPU?

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Looking for a CPU to be able to run programs such as Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and Lightroom smoothly along with some very light gaming (Minecraft, a few Steam games.) I have a budget of about $110-$120 for the CPU. Was going to go with the Intel Core i5-4590 3.3 GHz, but a bit over my budget.

Here is what I have now, to help anyone help me out in finding a good CPU.
-ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard
G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case
Antec 450W ATX Power Supply
Still looking for a graphics card

Any help in finding a CPU for my needs would be appreciated!! Thanks!!
 



Probably somewhere around the high $100`s. I know this is not alot but I do not plan on doing too much gaming so I do not need a extremely high quality video card.