Can I use Samsung DIMM 8GB DDR3-1333 on my Macbook Unibody?

Hi everyone,
Can somebody please help me give me the answer to these questions? I don't have the technical understanding to figure it out myself.
I have a MacBook Unibody (soon to be with Mountain Lion) with the following specification and memory.
1. I want to upgrade my RAM to Western Digital Scorpio Black 320GB, SATA II (WD3200BEKT)
2. I want to upgrade my RAM to Samsung RAM (DIMM 8GB DDR3-1333)
So my question is whether or not my Mac would support this Harddrive & RAM. They're both cheap and have good ratings, some of review mention Macs, but I wanted to be sure.
Plus, if they are any thorough support materials regarding manual migration, references to that would be much appreciated as well!
Best,
Gabriel

The ram is not the correct spec. Your MacBook requires
RAM Type: PC3-8500 DDR3 Min. RAM Speed: 1066 MHz
Using incorrect or incompatible ram is only asking for problems.
The hard drive should work fine, but let me ask this....why not really speed things up and move to a SSD? Prices are down and it's a big upgrade over hard drives.
Complete specs for your MacBook here
http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook/specs/macbook-core-2-duo-2.4-alumi num-13-late-2008-unibody-specs.html

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