MP 1,1-5,1 Is my new hard drive Western Digital reliable? (It's noisy)

[Mac Hammer Fan]

I bought a Western Digital Blue 4 TB 5400 rpm from Amazon and the drive is occasionally noisy. 50% from the time when idle it's rattling. Drive DX and disk utility however find no errors. According to the reviews on Amazon the drive is normally silent. Should I be worried?
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[Mac Hammer Fan]

I checked on malware with Malwarebytes. Nothing found.
I did a Physical Check and scanned for bad blocks with Drive Genius 5. Nothing found. But will the drive remain reliable?

 

[HoiPiet]

I have been trying to buy a WD Blue HDD from WD and have had a bad experience with it all and FWIW I still don't have a drive, but in research I discovered that they have an issue where they park the heads after 8 seconds of non-activity or at least that's how I read comments in reviews. Would that create the noise you hear? I would guess not.

Given that its a mechanical device, something in its assembly might not be loose perhaps. I'd gently shake it and listen for a rattle.

I'm an intermediate user at best. I comment hoping that the info may help you but don't take it as expert analysis.

 

[paintstone]

If it's making noise I would pull the plug and return it, mine is so silent that I don't even notice them. Noise at idle means to me that there is a low-speed vibration from something that is not tight. RETURN RETURN RETURN

FWIW I've had such good luck with WD Blue HDD and Macs that I've given up buying anything else. My local storage for just my home office is over 25TB and with only one exception as a Seagate "FireHawk or Ironhawk" some kind of firearm sounding bird... it is all WD Blue, two WB Blacks

 

[Macsonic]

I checked on malware with Malwarebytes. Nothing found.
I did a Physical Check and scanned for bad blocks with Drive Genius 5. Nothing found. But will the drive remain reliable?

Could be a defective WDigital Blue HD. Try returning the drive to the Amazon seller. I’ve been using WD Blue HDs and luckily had no problems and ran quietly. No clunking noise even when the drive is idle. I have Drive Genius but don’t always rely on its findings. So far, WD and Hitachi have the lowest failure rates.

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[DFP1989]

Some drives are just noisy. A lot of Seagate drives are really noisy, but it’s totally normal.

No way to tell if it will last 10 years or die tomorrow.