[Stealth22]

Last year, I swapped my OCZ SSD, which was blue-screening up the ass, for an Intel. I had the IPR from Memory Express, but they refused to believe that the SSD was the problem. I had taken my system to them TWICE for the BSOD's. Eventually, I bit the bullet, and just bought the Intel 520 when it came on sale.

Lo and behold, the Intel works fine. When I did it though, I did a clean install of Windows on the SSD, I didn't bother doing a clone.

You can swap an SSD in a matter of 15 minutes, and that's if you're doing it slowly. With a USB 3.0 dock, you can clone the drive in less than half an hour as well, depending on the size.

If you're not savvy with this sort of stuff, it's better to have a friend help you out. Mem Ex can do it for you obviously, but 10 to 12 days is an insane amount of time to wait for something like this.

Again though, I'd recommend a clean, brand new install. That way, you know nothing will go wrong if you have any corrupt system files or the like.

Are they charging you anything to do this?

EDIT: Another thing I want to re-iterate. I only trust Intel for SSD's, in terms of reliability. The other brands may have improved in the last little while. The Intel drives used to cost a lot (like triple the price), but in the last year, the pricing has come down a lot.

So if you're getting an SSD, I would ONLY buy Intel, and ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS buy the IPR warranty. If the drive does croak, then Memory Express WILL replace it. That being said, it's unlikely that the Intel drives will go bad. But if you happen to get a bad apple or something, then you're covered. IMO, it's worth the cost of the IPR to have that safety net, even if the drive never goes bad.