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TheCaptain53
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So... The last week has been a weird one.

I had an EVGA SuperNova NEX650G. Finding out that it maybe wasn't as good as I thought it was, I exchanged it for an EVGA 650GS. Once I installed the new PSU and turned the PC on, I started hearing an odd soft clicking noise. Thinking that it was my PSU, I went back to the store that I bought it from and exchanged it for the same model. However, when I installed the second 650GS, the clicking noise was still there.

I was eventually able to boil it down to my mechanical hard drive (Seagate Barracuda 1TB). I bought a second Seagate, cloned the data from the old hard drive to the new one, took the old HDD out and put it away. However, the clicking noise remained.

Thinking that I had full on broken my HDD and that I was going to lose my data, I contacted the store and got their advice (which was yesterday). They suggested running a long generic Seatools test on the hard drive and see what it dug up. I had coincidentally bought some stuff for my PC which I was going to install that night, being a Cooler Master Hyper TX3 EVO and an NZXT Grid+.

After successful installation of my new parts, the clicking of the hard drive seems to have disappeared or gone so quiet to the point that I don't notice it.

I suppose that it's not an issue anymore, but I'm just baffled. I will run a Seatools test tonght to see if it clicks again as that had it clicking like mad before.

Thoughts anyone?

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... which I was going to install that night, being a Cooler Master Hyper TX3 EVO and an NZXT Grid+.

After successful installation of my new parts, the clicking of the hard drive seems to have disappeared or gone so quiet to the point that I don't notice it.

 

 

Probably it suggest that it may have been a problem with your CPU Fan. Maybe it was off centre, and was sometimes scraping the side of the frame?

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Probably it suggest that it may have been a problem with your CPU Fan. Maybe it was off centre, and was sometimes scraping the side of the frame?

I don't think so.

I should have mentioned that I actually turned my system on with NO fans running (I turned Eco mode on the PSU) but the noise was still there.

Incipere V5.0

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CPU | i7-4790k | GPU | Nvidia GTX Titan X | Motherboard | MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition | Memory | 2x8GB Kingston HyperX Fury DDR3 1866MHz | PSU | EVGA 650 G2 | Storage | Crucial BX200 240GB + Toshiba 3TB | Case | Cooler Master MasterCase Pro 5 | CPU Cooler | Noctua NH-D15

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CPU | i5-4690k | GPU | Zotac GTX 960 | Motherboard | ASRock Z97M-ITX/ac | Memory | 2x4GB G.Skill Ripjaws X DDR3 1600MHz | PSU | EVGA 650 GS | Storage | Crucial BX200 240GB + WD 1TB Blue 2.5" | Case | Silverstone Sugo SG13

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It might be something is stuck in your gpu fan, or it could the psu

My graphics card is a GTX 960. At idle the fans don't spin at all, so I don't think it's that.

Also, the chances of two brand new PSUs having the same problem seems unlikely. :')

Incipere V5.0

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CPU | i7-4790k | GPU | Nvidia GTX Titan X | Motherboard | MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition | Memory | 2x8GB Kingston HyperX Fury DDR3 1866MHz | PSU | EVGA 650 G2 | Storage | Crucial BX200 240GB + Toshiba 3TB | Case | Cooler Master MasterCase Pro 5 | CPU Cooler | Noctua NH-D15

Parvulus V1.0

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CPU | i5-4690k | GPU | Zotac GTX 960 | Motherboard | ASRock Z97M-ITX/ac | Memory | 2x4GB G.Skill Ripjaws X DDR3 1600MHz | PSU | EVGA 650 GS | Storage | Crucial BX200 240GB + WD 1TB Blue 2.5" | Case | Silverstone Sugo SG13

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dvd player?

Don't have an optical drive installed.

See what I mean? I am baffled.

 

try waving a sound meter ( or a smartphone with the necessary apps) at the parts you find suspicious

I'll try that out.

Incipere V5.0

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CPU | i7-4790k | GPU | Nvidia GTX Titan X | Motherboard | MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition | Memory | 2x8GB Kingston HyperX Fury DDR3 1866MHz | PSU | EVGA 650 G2 | Storage | Crucial BX200 240GB + Toshiba 3TB | Case | Cooler Master MasterCase Pro 5 | CPU Cooler | Noctua NH-D15

Parvulus V1.0

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CPU | i5-4690k | GPU | Zotac GTX 960 | Motherboard | ASRock Z97M-ITX/ac | Memory | 2x4GB G.Skill Ripjaws X DDR3 1600MHz | PSU | EVGA 650 GS | Storage | Crucial BX200 240GB + WD 1TB Blue 2.5" | Case | Silverstone Sugo SG13

If you want to join a group chat of like-minded techies, gaming, and all things dank, join our Discord group. Message me or get into contact with Galaxy. http://linustechtips.com/main/user/107351-gaiaxy/

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