Headphones(The one without a Mic) for gaming. Not sure where to start looking.

the hyperxcloud is based on the takstar pro 80 headphone which can be had for $50.

the creative aurvana live! has good quality for $50 as well though is closed design and not quite ideal for gaming.

if you could raise your budget a bit to say $70-80 the audiotechnica ad500x or sennheiser hd518 are both GREAT options.

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@vyn

it seems like you're thinking of "virtual surround" and "true surround" and comparing it to headphones which have a "wide soundstage". while some of what you say is certainly true i can flesh that out a bit more:

soundstage is the word used to describe how airy and 3d a headphone sounds. a wide soundstage often will sound like you're listening to a concert outdoors where you can swear you hear not just location (in terms of left/right or 360 degrees around you) but also apparent distance as well. wide soundstage headphones make it seems as if you can pick out a single performer if you close your eyes when listening to an orchestra. while of course not the same as actually listening to the source of the recording nor as good as surround sound speaker systems you can get a general idea from the above. perhaps not as grandeur as i described but along those lines at least in terms of concept. small soundstage headphones often sound more like you are listening to a concert inside a bar. sound is very direct and in your face. you can tell direction but often distance seems to be close and with little differentiation between apparent distances.

now, on top of this you could add virtual surround sound which through distorting the original audio signal (which is why some say not using it is better) it emphasizes differences so that even on smaller soundstage headphones or in games which do not automatically lower rear sounds you can get more of a sense of 3d audio. its not perfect and the distortion does lower audio quality a bit but many find it helpful. it is worth trying both on and off to see what you prefer. the best are cmss3d(now sbx) and dolby headphone with free razer software coming up somewhere behind. about as good in that order as well.

as far as true surround headsets are concerned, you might have more of a distortion-free listening experience which would enhance 3d audio but since smaller drivers must be used overall quality of audio is often lower. in general larger drivers > many smaller drivers. while not always true of course, generally speaking this is the case.