Question ambitious project: Overhauling laptop

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I have an ROG GU501GM with a i7 8750h and a gtx 1060. I'm looking to put this thing on steroids. I'm buying 2 new ssd's and i would like to upgrade the cpu. I've upgrades laptop cpus in the past but i would like to grab a i9 9980HK. It's the same socket so it should work right?