Maybe install HD Sentinel to get health readings across all drives?
I'm currently running HD Tune to run a full scan, but I can try that afterward.
Honestly, I'd start over with the entire Windows install. As for the RAM; getting anything over 3200 to run requires not XMP but manually settings and lots of tweaking of the SA and VCIOO and that is if your specific IMC can handle 4000 - i.e. sadly we can't expect high frequency memory to simply run on everyone's machine. I think your drives are fine, by the way.
I am tempted to start over. I did do one thing that I prefer not to do... connect the PC to the network during the install. Frankly, I hate when Windows starts mucking about with my drivers as I'd rather install my own. I really dislike how much Microsoft has hidden things away from the user. I updated a few machines to the latest version of Windows, and the process is frustrating for anyone that just wants to know what's going on. On multiple machines, I've seen it just stuck at "Preparing to install 8%" for at least half an hour. It only seems to do
anything if I just reboot the system and force it to go through the update process again.
Eh, everything I've read states that I should simply set the BIOS to use XMP, and it will work.
Hardware Canucks reviewed a different version of the memory, and they stated "This memory kit comes in clocked at DDR4-4000 19-23-23-45 with a 2T command rate. It requires 1.35V - up from the 1.20V default - which is identical to other enthusiast-oriented memory kits, and it's impressively low given the very high frequency. This is all programmed into the single XMP 2.0 Profile, so enabling these settings is as simple as toggling the XMP option in your motherboard's BIOS." When my hard drive test is done, I'll pull the memory and test it in another computer.
As for the drives, the noise appears to be coming from the HGST Deskstar drive that I have. I own a few of these drives (mostly in my server), but apparently, prior to this one, I've only owned the older variants (64MB cache vs. 128MB cache). The Amazon reviews have complaints about chirping noises on the drive. It wouldn't really bother me if it chirped while the drive was active, but it's not doing anything... or rather, I'm not actively using the drive. (I haven't checked to see if Windows is using it for whatever reason.) I'm mostly just looking for a quicker drive for storage of games. I'm using a 1TB M.2 drive for the games that I play more often or care about loading speeds.