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[Carples]

Unlikely to be the power supply there are no relays in them and it would probably cause it to turn off.
I would think a fan would make a more regular sound as donut suggests, specially a sleeve bearing one as described, a ball bearing one maybe but also more regular. Fans are cheap replace it if it is the cause before it shorts or goes open circuit - if it runs dry = wear = fan rubbing on windings
Hard disk is a possibility check all your drives are responding - copy some large files and see if noise continues while drive is active, I have heard drives that fail to work make a clicking noise but they are really old i.e. 40mb (there is real old tech at my work)
Check CD and floppy they also have parts that have motion that may cause a click if they are failing
Unplug little PC speaker i.e. the one that makes the beep on boot not the stereo ones

[Budh]

Bageled i  have your fix for your problem you need Chalmella Lube all over your puter that should fix it 

[Chalice]

Fixes everything!

[kesawi]

Check CD and floppy they also have parts that have motion that may cause a click if they are failing
Unplug little PC speaker i.e. the one that makes the beep on boot not the stereo ones

Do people still have floppy drives and internal speakers anymore?

[DirtyHarry]

I'm dubious that a fan would cause bageled's problem as its described here, I wouldn't think a fan would cause a noise every 5 seconds, usually they make a constant noise (even if it goes away once the fan spins up)

My thought was that as it spins on its axle it falls ever so slightly, nicking a dry bit and skipping back up to the top of the axle again.

[CordlezToaster]

Id suggest one of these methods to further investigate.

[jazzycat]

Everything can be solved by catapult.

(Is it still clicking?)

[bageled]

Well I have computer blood up to my elbows, and the culprit in my hand. It was/is one of the hard drives. Thats bad right?

[DonutKing]

Depends, without a recording its hard to tell. Is the disk still working?
Could just be normal head seek noise... maybe the windows search indexer or something similar is running and thrashing your disk.

What brand is the disk? You can usually download a utility from the manufacturer's website that will run diags and displauy the SMART data and give you a good idea if its about to kick the bucket

[DonutKing]

Also computers don't work on blood. they work on electrons. FYI

[bageled]

It kind whirs then clicks, then whirs then clicks. Now that I can hear it better it reminds me of the sounds I used to heard from floppy disk drives.
As far as I can tell it is still working, no drives have suddenly stopped responding.
Western Digital is the brand

[bageled]

Also, since I have unpluged everything from it and am running on my bench top with only a power cable, what is the best way to power down?

[DonutKing]

WD have Data Lifeguard software, you could try running diags with that
http://support.wdc.com/product/download.asp?level1=6&lang=en

I assume you unplugged the power button from the front of the case? The proper way would be to short the two power on pins on the motherboard with a screw driver. May have to hold it for 5 seconds or so to power off. CAreful you don't stick it where its not meant to go.
Alternatively just yank the power cord

[cowcar]

as the person who correctly predicted Hard disk, i am wondering what my prize is and where i can collect it from?

[DonutKing]

You can collect your prize from my website. It's listed in my profile, or just click the small globe under my avatar.