This 16TB hard drive has broken a new storage price record

At less than $13 per TB, this is truly an unrivalled deal

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Black Fridayis the perfect excuse to fill your basket with cheap storage and the Toshiba MG MG08ACA16TE hard drive is currently the very definition of affordable. Available for $206 atAmazonthanks to a 15% discount, the drive sets a new record at less than $13 per TB, making it a great candidate for ourBlack Friday HDD dealspage.

Toshiba 16TB hard drive -$243$206 from AmazonSave 15%The Toshiba MG08ACA drive is a robust and capable workhorse and is the hard disk drive with the cheapest per TB cost on the market right now, great for storing all your data safely.

The Toshiba MG08ACA16TE range provides reliable high-capacity storage with its SATA interface. The drive comes with an industry leading five-year warranty and have been formatted to NTFS.

This device is a 3.5-inch model with nine platters spinning inside at 7200RPM, which makes it perfect for local backup storage ifcloud storageis simply too slow. It is geared towards the enterprise market and uses CMR technology (rather than the more controversial SMR one) as well as helium to deliver a cracking HDD.

For extra peace of mind, you can grab adata recovery servicefrom Rescue for under $5 per year (for up to three years).

Check out other 16TB internal hard drive deals

Not in the US? No problem, check out this cracking deal fromSeagate. The Ironwolf Pro has a similar capacity as the MG series from Toshiba.

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