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So I woke up this morning and noticed the hdd led is constantly on/off like any faster and It'd look solid white. and I'm hearing some sort of clicking noise, like sometimes I can hear it, and other times even though my pc is comepletely next to my desk every now and then I can feel it when my hand is on my mouse. Is it a bad hard drive or fan maybe? or would this be some sort of coil whine?

Specs:

 
  • CPU
    i5 3570k
  • Motherboard
    Asus Z77-V LX Deluxe Edition
  • RAM
    8gb of Cosair Vengeance
  • GPU
    EVGA 760 SuperClocked
  • Case
    400R from Corsair
  • Storage
    1 WD 1tb, 1 Hitachi 230gb, 1 SeaGate 1.5tb
  • PSU
    Cooler Master Silent Pro 700W
  • Display(s)
    S23B550, HP1740 (Temporary)
  • Cooling
    Corasir H60
  • Keyboard
    Razer Blackwidow 2013
  • Mouse
    G700S
  • Sound
    Corsair Vengeance 1400

Any ideas?

 

 

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Solved: what new hard drive should I get for $120? 1tb though.

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Probably a hard drive going bad. But it could be fan vibration, I just installed a new fan and now I am getting a buzzing noise, sorta sounds like a hard drive.  Try taking the side panel off while it is making the noise and feeling around, see if you can find where exactly it is coming from.

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HDD most likely. Probably the hitachi one  :ph34r:

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Like everyone else, I would check your HDD. Just had one fail on me, and It was a tad of a sorrow...

Don't ignore weird noises :D

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It appears to be my boot drive (WD Caviar Blue) New hard drive recommendations? I don't want to spend that much preferrably 1tb and under $120?

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My Virtualization Server - Dell R710: 2x X5570s @ 2.93GHz with 32GB DDR3 RAM [Web Server, OSX, Plex, Reverse Proxy]

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It appears to be my boot drive (WD Caviar Blue) New hard drive recommendations? I don't want to spend that much preferrably 1tb and under $120?

seagate 1tb is pretty cheap i got a couple and they work flawlessly, but that is all dependent on how well yours get shipped

http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Barracuda-3-5-Inch-Internal-ST1000DM003/dp/B005T3GRNW/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1393428021&sr=8-2&keywords=1tb+seagate

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It appears to be my boot drive (WD Caviar Blue) New hard drive recommendations? I don't want to spend that much preferrably 1tb and under $120?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236623

 

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Would it be a good idea to get a seagate sshd I'd prefer to stay with WD since it's easy to transfer my files.

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My Virtualization Server - Dell R710: 2x X5570s @ 2.93GHz with 32GB DDR3 RAM [Web Server, OSX, Plex, Reverse Proxy]

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