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I'm not a drummer, I'm mainly a guitarist in two bands. That said, I'm the only one who knows a tiny bit about recording drums. Also, I'm the one with the gear: a pair of Behringer C2 overheads, a Samson QSnare and some random AKG vocal mic which I got from a friend, used as overheads, snare mic...

Since you're this limited I'd say screw stereo recording, you probably won't be able to do that with what you have now. I'd also say, use that condenser as a overhead, one dynamic for the kick and one dynamic for the snaredrum. And maybe put that condenser in front of the kit like here...

IMHO overheads should be condensers anyway, and then of the two, small diaphragm condensers give me the best frequency response. LDC's are great, if you have a great room to record in. Lately I've been messing around with a dynamics too, which gives some interesting effects. Not good for your...