Died in what way? Unable to detect? No spinning (power)?
It all depends on what way it died, if it's still accessible using device manager, possibility will be high, but if there's no power at all then you have to seek professional helps also means you have to give advance ang pao (big big one).

No reliable in my dictionary, at least in my experience, all brands die on me no matter how careful I use them.
Reliable = Redundancy + Backup.
2GB? I assume you want 2TB.
When it's ticking, do you perform any activity on that hard disk? Reading/writing files?
If the ticking is loud and clear then probably it's mechanical failure, try to turn it off (unplug SATA power after off PC) until you find any sort of backup solution to backup all the data inside (use cloning fastest) then send for warranty? or continue use and see how it dies...
If you want Samsung, then go for Seagate, Seagate already acquired Samsung.

maybe u can consider WD re4 HDD 
it come with 5yr wrty