eso not running well on my x51

[Kworley]

hello toms hardware this is my first post. im having issues running eso on my alienware. I just got it in November and ive only played a few steam games on it so far like bl2 and 7dtd and its worked great but I just got eso which is what I bought the pc for and it keeps freezing and making clicking noises and continues until I manage to finally get it to restart. even after I close the game its still freezing and making clicking noises. I play on the highest video settings I can on a 27in Samsung 1080p tv. im only first getting into pc gaming and just would like some advice on maybe what settings my setup can handle gaming. or if there is something actually wrong with my pc. anyway heres the specs and thanks to anyone who helps and let me know if you need more info.

Alienware X51
processor - Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770 CPU @ 3.40GHz
graphic card- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
16gig ram
2 tb hdd

 

[Hjgrove]

That clicking noise is from the hard drive proabaly.
Its know as the click of death.
seems to me like the hard drive is failing.
Try checking it for errors, follow these steps:
Go to "My computer"
Select the drive and right click on it and select properties.
Then go to the "Tools" tab
Not run a disk check and see if there is any errors.