Understanding RAID Benefits?

[cwalker2000]

A little background on myself. I am a Network Administrator and understand the benefits of RAID on a server.

I am going to be building a new home pc soon using the ASUS P4P800 and a SATA Drive.

I currently have a ASUS P4S533 with one IDE HDD. Runs great.

However, when building a home PC for gaming, I am unclear as to what the actual benefits of SATA RAID are. Please keep your comments as simple as possible.

 

[Zrom999]

With RAID 0 you will get faster loading times.

 

[Xponential]

Their's a great guide to RAID here. It talks about the different RAID levels as well as advantages and disadvantages of each, etc.