Hard drive problems. Again

[Eon Drache]

I'm getting a little sick of hard drive problems. This year alone I've had 2 actually go out on me, both of which were WD Blue 500GB Drives. And now a WD Black is making the loudest and most annoying sound when anything opens, or when I'm using a resource of any kind.

My question is, is there something I'm doing to cause this, or am I just having really bad luck? From what I know, WD is an amazing company and their blue and black drives are top notch.

[Iamanerd]

Where is your computer located (Floor/Desk, think environment)? Also is it a laptop or desktop? Once you can answer these I'll throw out some recommendations. But chances are it's bad luck.

[Deleted]

Are the hd's getting decent air flow in the case? WD drives tend to heat up quite a bit and that can cause problems in a long run. Theres also these rubber feets thingies for cases, if yours dont have them already or rubber holding docks for hd's in fancier cases.