[newbie] Hardware questions

[CBoy168]

I checked the list of compatiable hardware and i'm putting together a new
linux machine that is going to run mandrake 8.0.  I'm currently considering a
voodoo 5 5500 or more likely a geforce 2 or 3, but neither of those is on the
list..should i consider something else?  Also, i have a yamaha crw8424E
series cd-rw and that isn't on the list...any possibility of me getting that
to work? Thanks in advance for any help.  


Newbie J