Ticking/clicking noise coming from the fan?

Liberatas

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Hi Guys,

Firstly I'm not exactly new to this but I've a problem, whenever my computer is under stress it sounds like one of the fans inside my tower is clicking over against a cable.

Now the problem is it isn't a cable, I've watched all the fans and they run fine which led me to think is it my Graphics Card fan? If so which one? The ticking gets particularly loud when playing BF4@Ultra or any other game that is demanding.

Curiously enough I checked the top exhaust fans and when applying pressure to the case it silences the 'rattle' but alleviating pressure allows the sound to continue. I wondered if it was a loose screw, it isn't.

I'm stumped guys, need help! This clicking crap is not the way I envisioned playing my PC and only three months into its life span!
 
Solution
Stress your computer until you hear the "ticking" noise. Now go into your case and put your finger on the middle of the fan (the circle part where all the blades connect to). If you apply enough pressure to the middle, it will stop the fan from spinning. Do this to all of your fans until you isolate where the noise is coming from.
If it's not any of the fans, it may be the HDD spinning.

sedona

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Before we can solve this, you will have to isolate the fans one by one to find out exactly which fan is the culprit. Pull out the connectors and run some virus/malware scans to stress load the PC and listen to each fan noise. You will have to replace the faulty fan.
 
Stress your computer until you hear the "ticking" noise. Now go into your case and put your finger on the middle of the fan (the circle part where all the blades connect to). If you apply enough pressure to the middle, it will stop the fan from spinning. Do this to all of your fans until you isolate where the noise is coming from.
If it's not any of the fans, it may be the HDD spinning.
 
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