Oh, yeah, now I get it. Any external hard drive will let you play back the stuff that's on it, without having to copy it to the computer first. I thought you meant that you wanted to play back what was on it without connecting it to a PC first.
As far as the programs on your PC are concerned, the external hard drive is the exact same as the internal hard drive inside your PC. They can't really tell the difference. Just be sure not to disconnect it while you are writing files to the it. You could get corrupted data if you do.
Any games that you install to the external hard drive will work fine too, as long as you make sure the drive always gets the same drive letter.
Also, what is the difference between elite an essential? Does the elite have an option for Firewire connectivity in addition to USB? If so, you'll want to check if your PC has got a Firewire port. Also note that the small firewire connectors can't supply power to the disk, you need the large firewire ports for that, and those are rarely found on laptops (on this case, you need to connect the hard drive to an external power source, such as from the wall socket). With USB, you could probably get the power you need just from the USB port. If you have an old laptop, you might need two USB ports to get enough power, but that's probably ok.
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