worth it.
if your gonna get pistons, rods, valves, etc 12psi is weaksauce. go with higher CR pistons like 9:1 and boost like 15psi daily. but if theres a really good tuner in your area you could go with something higher like 10:1 or higher and make some mad hp. make sure you have a standalone (hondata, aem ems, uberdata, etc) to tune and a good tuner.
b_ron007 from a few other boards has a boosted f23 tuned with aem ems and hes making some pretty good numbers on a stock block. at 8.4psi me made 209whp and 221wtq. hes street tuning with the aem uego and is now boosted at the 15-17psi but not dyno's yet.