Use the best possible samples you can to start with for sure.
I like to use parallel compression to get a drum tone going, it can make drums sound loud, present and clear without squashing them to death as well as being an ideal way to sculpt the tone (along with EQ).
I send the various kit sounds out several aux sends to various compressors with different settings (subtle, squashed, loud transients, pumping, various ratios etc) then EQ each of these whilst blending to taste. this way you can shape the envelopes and transients of ur drums as well as the tone.
Once i get the balance right i route it all to a buss and add a subtle compressor and/or a saturation device to glue them all together with perhaps a fast limiter at the end of the chain just to catch any overshooting peaks.
If all has gone to plan, i should have a nice tight and clear drum sound.
This should only be attempted if ur DAW (assuming ur working In The Box) and the plug-ins ur using have delay compensation, otherwise u could end up with a phasey mess
Ducking other elements of your tune with the kick and snare is also a very popular method to get drums sounding up front in break-led genres.