Question Why is my hdd is making a weird sound when gaming ?

[xXsalutXx]

I bought the lenovo l340 gaming laptop 4 days ago a'd everything seemed alright until i downloaded few free to play games and noticed that my hdd was making a weird ticking sound.
The game i was playing was guild wars 2 (it has an open world Idk if it can help) and i noticed that when i look in certain directions my hdd starts doing that sound (it gets lourder the more detailed the direction im looking in) and when i look at the floor it instantly stops and vice versa.

 

[xXsalutXx]

bought the lenovo l340 gaming laptop 4 days ago a'd everything seemed alright until i downloaded few free to play games and noticed that my hdd was making a weird ticking sound.
The game i was playing was guild wars 2 (it has an open world Idk if it can help) and i noticed that when i look in certain directions my hdd starts doing that sound (it gets lourder the more detailed the direction im looking in) and when i look at the floor it instantly stops and vice versa.

 

[beers]

Open world games load assets as you play, so it should be reading data from that volume, which seems to align with what you're experiencing.

 

[GroundZeros]

thats because its loading all the data from the disc . the more stuff it needs to load the louder it gets, if it really bothers you, you can just install it on a SSD or buy a SSD, they are getting preety cheap nowadays. ive looked up your problem and its a widespread thing, and its completely normal, aldo it may get annoying you will get used to it eventually.

 

[xXsalutXx]

thats because its loading all the data from the disc . the more stuff it needs to load the louder it gets, if it really bothers you, you can just install it on a SSD or buy a SSD, they are getting preety cheap nowadays. ive looked up your problem and its a widespread thing, and its completely normal, aldo it may get annoying you will get used to it eventually.

thank you for replying ,

actually i think it's something else .by that i mean that the sound might be comming from another component. i looked up some images showing the interior of my laptop and the hdd is actually located in the opposite direction from where the noise is coming . and i think i didn't choose the right word to discribe the sound .its not a clicking/ticking sound but it's like buzzing and it goes away when i lower the game's graphics.and it doesn't only happen in open world games.

it's coming from this side:

https://imgur.com/a/pRnxMgO

View: https://imgur.com/a/pRnxMgO

 

[xXsalutXx]

Open world games load assets as you play, so it should be reading data from that volume, which seems to align with what you're experiencing.

thank you for replying ,

actually i think it's something else .by that i mean that the sound might be comming from another component. i looked up some images showing the interior of my laptop and the hdd is actually located in the opposite direction from where the noise is coming . and i think i didn't choose the right word to discribe the sound .its not a clicking/ticking sound but it's like buzzing and it goes away when i lower the game's graphics. and it doesn't only happen in open world games.

it's coming from this side:

https://imgur.com/a/pRnxMgO

 

[drivinfast247]

Must be some sort of coil whine.

 

[xXsalutXx]

Must be some sort of coil whine.

so there is nothing to worry about?