You should pay $25 for a layered tip because, before them, and $500 carbon fiber shafts, and $800 break cues, and $600 jump cues, and $30 chalk-- no one on the planet could even run a rack!
Thank you B.S. capitalist companies for the new "miracle" innovations that have turned everyone into the pros we are today!
Seriously, just get a Triangle or Water Buffalo tip.... and use Master chalk.
And, with the money you save, get some pro lessons and enter more tournaments. Those two things alone will help your game more than any fancy foo-foo equipment.
PS--- As far as equipment goes, going from a standard maple (after over 35 years) to a wood, low-deflection shaft is the only thing that was worth the cost for me personally to upgrade. It improved my 9-foot shooting accuracy quite a bit. Enjoy your ld 314!