Blue, always :P

You should of asked Corsair support for other choices. I have read where they have given customers a refund due to blue LED K70 no longer being made. I wouldn't accept a red LED keyboard as a replacement for Blue LED one, that is unacceptable to me.
 
I own the blue LED gun metal gray K70 too. This August it will be 2yrs old and out of warranty. All the LED's still work (knocks on wood).
 
 
 

I think I might go with white lighting. This red theme will grow on you but it's diminishing the red highlights on my motherboard and video boards. BTW, if you're not too busy don't forget to +1 my rig. Yes, I am trolling for votes.

Baltothewolf
Go back to blue and you will earn my upvote! :P

Let's see what white looks like first. Red keyboard lights look silly against a blue case light.

I already ordered 50 blue LED but the K70 doesn't seem to come apart that easily hence my decision to RMA. Feel free to +1 my red themed rig. I will change to a white theme next week.

kram36
Ok, was just throwing it out there. He would have no problem getting it apart.

Thanks for the offer. I have worked in 2-way radio repair shops and computer manufacturing companies and am quite capable of perfoming the repairs myself but have decided on RMA.

maybe a silly question , BUT why didn't you just get the RGB version that changes into any gazillion color choices of your liking ???

Moving to General Hardware.

I will just go with red for now. I won't have to clean my keycaps either! LOL  Another thing I don't like about the K95 is the bank of gaming keys to the left of QWERTY. I have limited real estate on my kitchen's breakfast bar and no room for a PC workstation desk. I only have 2 months on my warranty so IDK what I will do when the LED start dropping out on this new keyboard. It seems like it's not a matter of 'if' but 'when' the LED start to fail. I have a whole package of blue LED to use on something in the future. This keyboard was good for over a year so maybe they fixed the problem.

MSim
The blue LED's has the high failure rate. The red LED's not so much from what i have read.
 
 

I see complaints about all of them even the multicolor K95. I only have 2 months of warranty left on this. If the LED go bad maybe I'll try that new Cooler Master kbd.

I'm strictly a blue person. 
 
About 6 months ago I noticed 3 dead leds on my Silver/Blue K70 MX Red and went to the Corsair forum to check it out and learned about the problem with the blue leds. It seems there is a problem with electrostatic discharge that affects blue leds but not red leds. The newer boards have the leds embedded in the switch to insulate it.
 
I'm not sure I'd waste time trying to replace blue leds considering it's a systemic problem.
 
My warranty ends in 3 weeks and will soon call Corsair to see what can be done. If given the option to upgrade to a RGB I might do that and hold my nose over the new logo...I'm sure I can cover it up.
 
I'd like to try Brown or Blue switches as the Reds are just too sensitive for my big clumsy hands. I can also just get my money back, put my old gaming Logitech back to work, and just wait and see what Corsair does next. Considering all the flak Corsair got over the blue led problem, they aught to know by now that Blue is a popular color wanted by many.
 
Edit_ My first choice would be a Gunmetal case, Silver and Black are nice, but Gunmetal provides a more luminous effect.
 

I bugged them for a K95 but they declined my offer. Besides, it's too big for my workspace.

Let us know how the  K70 RGB looks & feels ..... 

Zuhl3156
I got my K70 MX Brown red backlit kybd yesterday. Meh! It's OK. At least all of the LED are working for now. The Corsair logo is black anodized too so you can't even see it but at least it's the old style.

 
I have a friend who uses a red backlight board. He would have preferred blue, but he has grown to like it. Let us know how you like the brown switches.
 

aka_STEVE_b
Let us know how the  K70 RGB looks & feels ..... 

Will do. I'm really looking forward to playing with it as I'm a bit of an artist and love colors. I think they have worked out a lot of the software bugs, but some are complaining that it doesn't offer enough colors...like 16.8 options are not enough.
 
 
 

007vsMagua
Well I feel like a lucky dog.
 
I just got off the phone with Corsair Customer Service and they are going to replace my board with the Vengeance K70 RGB MX Brown (CH-9000093-NA) which they expect to be in stock on May 18th. My warranty would have expired by then, but because I've got a RMA # I've got my foot in the door. I just have to call them on the 18th or 19th to see if it's in, if it is we can start the Express Replacement process.
 
They also sent me a UPS label which is good for 30 days.
 
Yea, I'm getting the original logo_D
 
Edit _ I didn't even have to push for the upgrade, once all the other options were crossed off they suggested the RGB. The upgrade will cost me $40.00.
 
 

You don't have to push hard at all, just let them know other options won't make you happy. Long as you stay polite with them on the phone they will do everything they can to take care of you.