Good luck mining! I felt I missed that boat and was better off just buying and trading, since pre-orders are so speculative (and frankly, scammy). Anyway, welcome to bitcointalk - glad to have you here in our community!
Yeah read about the pre-order horror stories. I bought what was in stock and could be delivered right away. I don't think I would ever do a pre-order. It would have been nice to start mining a couple years ago, but its not too bad mining different alt coins and trading for BTC.