Can't narrow down computer freezing cause

GuiMR

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Howdy. I've read a lot of threads about similar issues, so I already did some of the work.

My computer randomly freezes. I could be playing a 3D game, watching a movie or just browsing, and it locks up completely. No cursor movement, no Caps Lock light, just the frozen image on the screen and an infinite sound loop coming from the speakers (matches whatever sound was coming out the instant it froze).

I've stress tested the RAM, no errors. (MemTest 4.1)
Stress tested both CPU (OCCTPT) and GPU (Furmark), no freezes. Had a tiny overclock on the CPU, still got rid of it.

So, right now I'm clueless. Could a hard drive failure do this?

Here are my specs:

Windows 7 Professional 64bit SP1
i5 4670K
8GB 2400Mhz DDR3 Gskill RAM (2x4GB) [F3-19200C11-4GBXLD]
G1.Sniper Z87
Gigabyte GTX 770
FSP Raider 650W
1 Kingston 240GB SSD (system partition)
2x1TB RAID1
2x1TB RAID1
250GB HDD (yes these are all double on purpose)
250GB HDD
SoundBlaster X-Fi Titanium Pro

Thanks for reading
 

GuiMR

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My main HDD is not mechanical, it's an SSD. Do SSD's fail the same way as mechanical disks? What's the SSD equivalent of HDD testing?