Can anyone recommend decent gaming headsets and keyboards that fully work on a Mac? Seems everything I look at , mostly Logitech , don't fully work. My son mostly plays Steam games in his Mac. His wireless gaming mouse works. Wired headset work, but he wants wireless. Logitech doesn't supoprt 7.1 sound on a Mac , etc.. Not all functions on a gaming keyboard work on a Mac, from what I've been reading.
Unfortunately most games and gaming peripherals are designed for Windows. I have a friend who used to game on a Mac before finally building a PC. He installed Windows as a second boot option so he could play any game instead of just the small fraction that have Mac versions.
If he doesn't want to run Windows when he games and insists on a surround sound headset instead of stereo his options are pretty limited. I will say this though, I greatly prefer my HyperX Cloud stereo wired headset over my old Turtle Beach wireless 5.1 headset. It sounds better, it's much more comfortable, and the directional sound is just as good to my ears.
I wouldn't go through too many hoops to make a "surround sound" headset work and this is coming from someone who loves their surround sound setup in the living room. The reasoning is that the headsets aren't actually surround sound, or at least they weren't last time I bought a headset. They are still just stereo headphones with two speakers. The difference is that they come with software that has to be running in the background to simulate 5.1 or 7.1 audio. Companies like Razer make free versions of this software that will do the same thing on any stereo headset. I don't even bother with that because directional sound is already pretty good in most games.
This required software is the reason you are having trouble finding a headset that supports surround sound on Mac. These headset companies don't make a version of their software for Mac users because their aren't very many hardcore gamers on Mac.
I am a big fan of my Razer Blackwidow Chroma keyboard but again, the Chroma software that lets you customize the LED colors probably isn't available on Mac. They do sell a couple cheaper versions. One has all green LEDs that can't be changed and another doesn't have backlit keys at all. Since you can't change the colors on the Chroma version on Mac anyways I would probably recommend one of those.
The only other gaming feature you would be missing out on with this keyboard are the 5 macro keys along the left side. Since you won't be able to run the software you won't be able to select functions for those macro keys. I don't use macros anyways. This may or may not be a big deal to your son depending on what kinds of games he likes to play.
One thing I really like about the Blackwidow keyboards are the headphone, mic, and USB ports built into the side. This is the reason I didn't need a wireless headset anymore. I just plug my headset into my keyboard and I didn't even need to take the bread tie off the cables to make it reach my head. It's much more convenient and less cluttered than having to run the headset cable to the back of my PC.