Yes, you're on the right track. The only downfall is the size of SSD you'll probably need to accomodate your current data usage will probably be expensive. I don't know what SSD's for go these days, but I'm sure for $100 you won't buy too much space. Back when I built my setup, I went with a 32GB SSD for the OS and it was like $160. What a waste. That lasted about a year.

Acronis is the shit. I've been using it for years and it just works. You can make an image of any size drive, and restore it on anything, as long as there is enough space.