Yes thats what i did last year. Between 5:30am to 6am ish is when they start updating the inventory online.
Which cpu did you want to order?
I dunno, I'm a bit wishy washy at the moment. Probably the 3570k along with one of the boards, but I'm a bit conflicted. I could go for the 2500K as that also works for the MB combo deal and I would probably end up with a higher overclock and get away with a cheaper cooler. My other thought was to just go for the i5 3450 and the low end Asus board. The mentality there would be to spend less and upgrade more often as opposed to trying to buy something that lasts a really long time. I think you get much more bang for your buck that way, but that would normally be done with the 3570k over the 3770k scenario and would make total sense.
The only reason I throw the 3450 in there is that my needs aren't that great at the moment and I'm going to have a busy year away from my more intensive computer related tasks. By the time I'll need the power, Haswell will be out and should represent a significant leap. The 3450 also has some of the virtualization features, but I don't know if the sheer power of the faster processors, especially OC'd would make up for that or not. Not even sure if that's worth it over dual boot anyhow.
People are mentioning the Sabretooth and the Asus Deluxe as combo deals, but I'm not seeing that in the ads? Just the P8z77 V-LX and the Gigabyte UD5H.